Statistics show mammograms fell at a staggering rate at the height of the pandemic.
Screenings can save lives./// the pandemic has impacted preventative health care and treatment.
That's because many patients have avoided going to medical facilities for diagnostics for fear of contracting covid?
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Statistics show mammograms fell at a staggering rate at the height of the pandemic.
Kimt news three's calyn thompson heard from a mayo clinic oncologist who's stressing this is not something to put off.xxx katie and george ?
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This is timely given the fact october is breast cancer awareness month.
Mayo clinic recommends women should start yearly mammograms at the age of 40.
They can show abnormal calcifications in the breast... which help in early detection.
Some types of breast cancer can grow very fast.
Delaying a screening could mean life or but if you wait until the cancer started to grow, especifially if it started to spread to the lymph node, then the cure rate gets much lower.
Or if it starts to spread somewhere else then it becomes uncurable.
In addition to improving the chances of curing a patient, early detection can help in patients' treatment choices.
Early diagnosis gives patients more say in whether they have surgery or undergo thank you calyn.
For screening
I'm proof that early detection is key—and that even COVID-19 shouldn't deter you from getting your annual screenings.
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